@Sean: "A consultant has suggested that the following specs will run GPDS 9.0 with 
Wennsoft Modules, Exchange 2003 sp2 and Active Directory. Exchange will be 
for 110 mailboxes/users and SQL will have 2* 10 gig DBs plus 3 at around the 
.5gb mark. The Client will sit on a seperate Citrix box to the server and 
handle 32 users. 
Would a dual 3.4ghz Xseries 346 with 4gb Ram and 6 * 72 GB HDD cope? Or is 
the guy dreaming?
 I realise this isn't the ideal method of running it but is it feasible? I 
was always of the belief that SQL should be on a seprate box.
Does anyone run Exchange and SQL on the same box? If so what issues have you 
experienced."
    @victoria: "Sean,
We've seen plenty of people run Exchange and SQL on the same box, but all 
with much smaller user numbers.  For what you're describing, I would 
strongly recommend separate servers.  Not even going into the fact that you 
also have AD and 3rd party products on there, Exchange and SQL will be 
forever competing for resources and your users will feel the effects of it.
Just my 2 cents.
Victoria Yudin
GP MVP
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    @LandonRussell: "I would also NOT recommend running both SQL and Exchange on the same server. 
About 4-5 years ago we switched from a single user to the SQL version of 
Great Plains and tried to run everything on one server. The server rebelled.
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